The Office of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei announced Thursday, May 13, the first day of Shawal and Eid al-Fitr...
Read More »A Glance at the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny)
This name was used for Laylat al-Qadr because Allah Almighty determines in it for everyone all what will happen the entire next year.....
Read More »The Magnificence of the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny)
The holy month of Ramadan is the climax of the spiritual season in the Islamic calendar, and the most significant night is the night of Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of....
Read More »Video: Famous French Scholar’s Views on Imam Ali (as)
The French writer, thinker, and philosopher Roger Garaudy talks with his student in famous French Sorbonne about Ali Ibn AbuTalib’s will....
Read More »Causes of Enmity with Imam Ali (as) in the Light of Nahj al-Balaghah
In this article an attempt has been made to probe the current of enmity with Imam 'Ali (as) and the different causes and motives behind it, by referring to the words of the Imam himself in the...
Read More »WiIaya of Imam Ali and its Theological-Juridical Implications for the Islamic Political Thought
This paper examines the Qur'anic origins of the concept of wilaya in light of its connection with the historical wilaya of Imam Ali...
Read More »Which Night Is Lailat al-Qadr?
Is it the 17th or the 19th? Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali-al-Baqir (as) is quoted in Bihar al-Anwar and Da’aim al-Islam as having said, "The 17th night of the month of Ramadan is when the two parties met, and the 19th is when the lists of the...
Read More »Imam Mahdi (a) in Chapter al-Qadr
Chapter al-Qadr (97) of the Holy Qu’ran is a short chapter containing five verses in which Allah (swt) promises a night during which the angels descend with...
Read More »Imam Hasan, ‘The Myth of his Divorces’
mam Hasan has been the victim of a most malicious propaganda for the last 1,250 years. He is portrayed as “fond of ease and quiet” by his admirers and “the great divorcer” by his...
Read More »Introducing Khadija as a 40 Year Old Widow Was Umayyad Conspiracy
“Following thorough investigation in valid sources we found that Hazrat Khadija was 26 or 28 years old when she married Prophet Muhammad while the Umayyad introduced her as 40 year-old widow and propagated among Muslims which was...
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